The all new AMD APU A83870K black edition chip is just 10$ more than the previous high end APU AMD A8-3850. The A8-3870K is clocked at 3 GHz which is 100 MHz more than A8-3850. Other specifications like AMD Radeon 6550D GPU is exactly same on both the chips.
The major difference between these two is than A8-3870K is an unlocked processor there by increasing the chances of overclocking of both CPU and GPU components of an APU. As per the benchmarks the A8-3870K easily overclocks to 3.8 GHz and at that speed it is significantly faster than the stock A8-3850.
The present price of this chip at Newegg is 144.99$. In India it is available at around Rs. 7800.
Some of the benchmarks of this chip are listed below:
- AMD A8-3870K 3D Mark 11 Score @ 600 MHz – P1153
- AMD a8-3870K 3D Mark 11 Score @ 900 MHz – P1608
As you can see from above benches, the inbuilt GPU can easily overclocks by 300 MHz thereby increasing the performance in applications like 3D Games.
